Benjamin Smith
Family Medicine · Cartersville, GANPI 1922156462
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 98 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $695 and has fallen 92.8% since, to $50 in 2024.
Across 98 payments — averaging $14.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$288
- GSK$209
- Novo Nordisk$190
- Boehringer Ingelheim$149
- AbbVie$118
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$84
- plus $396 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,433100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 19 | $288 |
| GSK | 15 | $209 |
| Novo Nordisk | 18 | $190 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $149 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $118 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $84 |
| Amgen | 5 | $81 |
| Merck | 5 | $63 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $61 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 3 | $53 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $23 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,433 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 3,111 family medicine providers in Georgia.
Other family medicine in Cartersville
- Jeffrey KingsleyColumbus$404K
- Debbie HaginsSavannah$279K
- Yolanda WadeTyrone$233K
- Julian HutchinsWarrenton$222K
- Nadine Halliburton-FosterCumming$219K
- Contessa MetcalfeAtlanta$157K
- Elmore AlexanderStone Mountain$155K
- Bantwal BaligaColumbus$115K
- Avril CampbellFort Benning$108K
- Mitzi RubinMarietta$103K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.